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Medicine and art -- United States -- History -- 19th century

The Medicine of Art: Disease and the Aesthetic Object in Gilded Age America

Creator:

Lee, Elizabeth

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In 1901, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens proclaimed in a letter to Will Low, “Health-is the thing!” Though recently diagnosed with intestinal cancer, Saint-Gaudens was revitalized by recreational sports, having realized...

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